Torroja Medal for Manfred Grohmann

We are pleased to announce, that Manfred Grohmann will receive the Torroja Medal 2019 of the IASS. The engraved medal represents the highest individual recognition given by the Association to members or nonmembers of the Association in recognition of outstanding and distinguished contributions to design, construction or research of shell and/or spatial structures. It is conferred upon those who embody the ideals and accomplishments of Eduardo Torroja, the founding president of the IASS.

The IASS - The International Association for Shell & Spatial Structures - an association, that gathers engineers, architects, builders and all others interested in lightweight structural systems and more broadly interested in the creative integration of structural engineering and architecture.

Manfred Grohmann will receive the Medal at the IASS 2019 Barcelona Symposium in Barcelona on 7-10 October 2019.

Brand-new: Ingenieurbaukunst 2019

The book, published by the Federal Chamber of Engineers, presents the most spectacular current civil engineering projects worldwide, in which German engineers play a significant role.

Bollinger + Grohmann are represented this year with contributions about the projects "Lab City" (with OMA, Rotterdam) in Paris and the Deichmanske Library (with Lund Hagem Arkitekter and Atelier, Oslo) in Oslo.

Alexander Hofbeck (B+G Munich) gives an overview about the BIM development and talks about projects from bollinger + Grohmann.
The networking event is called "BIM-Digitaler Brückenschlag zwischen Planung und Ausführung" and is hosted by Bayern Innovativ.

DAB Jahreskongress 2018: How do we build in the future?

On this year's annual congress of the DAB, Olivier Vassard (Executive Director, ArcelorMittal) and Manfred Grohmann talk about the topic "think in new ways about construction: Steligence - smart innovations with steel" and present current examples derived from daily practice.

Klaas De Rycke and Louis Bergis from our B+G Paris office will talk about ‘Informed Geometry: development of informatically driven design processes for tensile structures’ on the occasion of the conference.

Exhibition at Fondation Cartier

which runs from 14 October 2018 until 24 February 2019 at "Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain" under the name Géométries Sud, du Mexique à la Terre de Feu in Paris.
Bollinger + Grohmann have supported the Paraguayan architects Solano Benítez and Gloria Cabral for the structural design of their monumental art work that unfolds along the façade of the Cartier Foundation. The project consists of 144 panels of broken bricks and concrete assembled like a house of cards.

In the article «Sunt og pluss – det går an!» for the cultura bank's magazine “pengevirke”, architect Michael Lommertz from the Oslo office, discusses the possibilities for healthy houses within the current framework.

We are pleased to announce, that Manfred Grohmann will receive the Torroja Medal 2019 of the IASS. The engraved medal represents the highest individual recognition given by the Association to members or nonmembers of the Association in recognition of outstanding and distinguished contributions to design, construction or research of shell and/or spatial structures. It is conferred upon those who embody the ideals and accomplishments of Eduardo Torroja, the founding president of the IASS.

Through the international competition 'Reinventing Cities', new buildings will be realized in Stovner and Furuset. Bollinger + Grohmann engineers Oslo, together with “The urban village team”, was chosen to participate in the next stage of the competition.

First prize: “Equipment Sportif Saint Sauveur” in Lille

The sports hall “Equipment Sportif Saint Sauveur” in Lille, designed by the architects from Face B together with Bollinger+Grohmann, has been awarded the first prize.
The building features a striking timber roof structure with concave curbes and will be made of precast concrete elements. Bollinger+Grohmann Paris worked on the structural design.

Bauhaus Museum Dessau: carcass completed

The structural works of the Bauhaus Museum in Dessau are completed. The bridge structure will house the collection and is floating as a closed volume above the public
space, which is used for temporary exhibitions, events and workshops. The span between the cores is 50 m, the cantilever is 21 m.

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will attend the 70th Frankfurter Buchmesse (10 - 14 October): In a festive ceremony, he will open the Frankfurt Pavilion, the new, iconic event venue at the book fair.

The Bollinger + Grohmann Paris office in collaboration with Bureaux faceB has won the ‘Trophees Eiffel 2018’ for the sports hall Quai de la Moselle in Calais in the DIVERTIR category. The prize is awarded to buildings built entirely or partially in steel and are located in France.

We are happy about the "Best of the Best" award from the international design awards for the new Deutsche Bank Campus building in Frankfurt, which KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten received in the »Architecture« category.
Bollinger und Grohmann have implemented the design of the new building for the structural and façade engineering.
The transparent new building forms an ensemble together with an office building, also by KSP in cooperation with B+G which was completed in 2003.

Short movie clip in yesterday's edition of the daily news show Hessenschau on the nine-meter-long and 1.8-ton temporary exterior sculpture "The Great Illusion" by the artist duo Winter / Hoerbelt at the Frankfurter Kunstverein in the Old Town.

Won: Competition "WOHNENPLUS NKL 16" IN DÜSSELDORF

for the architects Lengfeld & Wilisch for the new development of the Niederkasseler Lohweg 16 in Düsseldorf. Bollinger + Grohmann Frankfurt was involved in the area of building physis to support the architects on the topics of sound immission protection and sound insulation against external noise for the design of the building with commercial, office and residential use.

Together with Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter, we have the pleasure to work with OBOS, one of the largest residential builders in Norway. OBOS wishes to modernize their headquarters, a 1960s building complex located in the heart of Oslo.

ESO Supernova in Garching - in detail structure 03/18

The latest edition of detail structure presents the special formwork of the geometrically highly complex new planetarium and visitor center near Munich. As part of an interdisciplinary team, Bollinger + Grohmann were responsible for the development and calculation of the load-bearing structure of the solid construction.

Dyrvik Arkitekter AS, SLA Landskabsarkitekter and Bollinger + Grohmann Ingenieure have won a two-part competition to build an old people's home and a residential complex on the site of a former steelworks.

Inauguration of MHK Campus

The 112 m long building is characterized by a spectacular, 32 m long cantilever. It forms the canopy for the entrance area of the building. The cantilever is realized by two four-storey steel trusses, which are connected back to the solid part of the building.
Bollinger + Grohmann was in charge of the structural design.

After three exciting days in Berlin, the AEC Hackathon is over. It was a pleasure for the team of B+G to meet so many enthusiastic and interesting developers, architects and engineers.
Furthermore, we are very honoured to have won the first prize for the best Dynamo Project. The task of our team was to develop an algorithm to clean up analytical models in Revit for future projects. First it will be used for a big high-rise project in Frankfurt, which is currently in the design phase.

We are pleased to announce that the team of architects STUDIOBORNHEIM won together with hutterreimann Landschaftsarchitekten from Berlin in collaboration with Bollinger + Grohmann the 1st prize in the competition for the new vistor's centre in the Castle Clemenswerth in Sögel, Germany.

for the project "Kraftwerk Lausward":
We are very happy about the decision of the jury to award the Lausward Power Plant with a recognition. The project is a collaboration with kadawittfeldarchitektur from Aachen and has already received several awards.

Biskop Gunnerus Gate 14B Complex

The Biskop Gunnerus Gate 14B Complex near Oslo Central Station with C.F.Møller, Kristin Jarmund and Rodeo Architects is featured in today's CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) Global News - a source for worldwide news on tall buildings and urban development.
Bollinger+Grohmann in Oslo was in charge of the feasibility study.

Award for the Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Center at Al Ain

We are happy to announce that we’ve been awarded with the "Austrian Green Planet Building Award" for our contribution as structural engineers of one of the most energy efficient buildings in the Gulf region, the Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Center in Al Ain, UAE.

New website online: Ingenieurtalente

The website is supported by the German Consulting Engineers Association VBI state associations and provides information about careers, training and contact persons in the fiel of engineering careers. The goal is to arouse interest among young people for the job of a structural engineer and the workspace in an engineering office.